In my pronunciation of the Vaeri alphabet, I said that the letter ļ said [hl]. The correct IPA symbol is [ɬ], but I again was not very familiar with the IPA at the time I collaborated the pronunciation of the alphabet. But [hl] is close enough, so I will leave it at that.

Vilņa wrote:In my pronunciation of the Vaeri alphabet, I said that the letter ļ said [hl]. The correct IPA symbol is [ɬ], but I again was not very familiar with the IPA at the time I collaborated the pronunciation of the alphabet. But [hl] is close enough, so I will leave it at that.

These actually sound pretty different. You would never confuse one for the other.

Vilņa wrote:In my pronunciation of the Vaeri alphabet, I said that the letter ļ said [hl]. The correct IPA symbol is [ɬ], but I again was not very familiar with the IPA at the time I collaborated the pronunciation of the alphabet. But [hl] is close enough, so I will leave it at that.

These actually sound pretty different. You would never confuse one for the other.

The recording of that sound that I listened to sounded exactly like [hl].I guess the speaker was pronouncing it wrong. That means "[hl]" will remain the sound for ļ.

These actually sound pretty different. You would never confuse one for the other.

The recording of that sound that I listened to sounded exactly like [hl].I guess the speaker was pronouncing it wrong. That means "[hl]" will remain the sound for ļ.

Here's an instructional video from a fluent (and presumably native) Welsh speaker: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2ofJeewcDI. He tackles [ɬ] at 2:54. It has conspicuously more audible friction than [hl], which has none at all. (Compare the difference between [x] [a fricative] and [h] [sometimes called a fricative, but really more of a approximant].)

These actually sound pretty different. You would never confuse one for the other.

The recording of that sound that I listened to sounded exactly like [hl].I guess the speaker was pronouncing it wrong. That means "[hl]" will remain the sound for ļ.

Here's an instructional video from a fluent (and presumably native) Welsh speaker: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2ofJeewcDI. He tackles [ɬ] at 2:54. It has conspicuously more audible friction than [hl], which has none at all. (Compare the difference between [x] [a fricative] and [h] [sometimes called a fricative, but really more of a approximant].)

Oh, my goodness. Thank you! The way the speaker pronounces [ɬ] is the exact way that ļ in my mind is pronounced! Before I was used to the IPA, I thought that that sound was not present in other languages. That is why I tried to represent it with [hl]. But thank you so much, Linguoboy and whoever was in the video, for giving me the correct pronunciation of [ɬ], and therefore helping me to give the pronunciation of the Vaeri alphabet correctly, letting others pronounce the words correctly.

Articles are not rare in Vaeri, but they are not common, either. They are used when specification is needed (the world versus a world), and in titles (the God versus a god). In Old Vaeri the main article was "ny" [nɪ], which translates into English "the". In the modern tongue, the main article was "ne" [nɛ]. However, throughout time it came to be "n'-". When it begins a sentence, subject, or proper noun, it is not capitalized. The letter after it is; the letter which without the article would be capitalized. Before a consonant, "n'-" is pronounced [nə]. E.G. n'Fílar - the cat - [nə'fiːlar]Before a vowel/diphthong, "n'-" is pronounced [n], blending in with the following vowel/diphthong. E.G. n'Amâs - the love - ['nameɪs]

Contractions:

There are a few contractions in Vaeri. Here are some of them:Contraction_______Pronunciation_______Full phrase_______Meaning

These are additional letters that, while remaining absent from the alphabet because they are not common, are required to speak and write some words in Værí:

ḑ: This letter represents the sound [ɖʐ], which is found in some words in Middle Vaeri. This sound was carried on into Modern Vaeri in a few words, like "ḑanis" ("apple") and "aḑôta" ("to bring a gift" [usually for ceremonial purposes]).

ş: This letter represents the sound [ʂ]. The sound was common in Old Vaeri, less so in Middle Vaeri, and now is quite uncommon. Still, words like "şodus" (ash) and "harşíti" ("horrible") have retained this rare phoneme.

ţ: This letter is sometimes used, along with "h", to represent the sound [ð] instead of "dth", to avoid confusion with the sounds [dθ]. "Adthi" ['adθi] means "fool". "Aţhi" ['aði] means "monster".